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| Atlanta christened by author Margaret Mitchell during her launching ceremony, Kearny, NJ, 6 Sep 1941 | Atlanta slid down the building ways at her launching ceremony, Kearny, NJ, 6 Sep 1941 | Atlanta underway during her trials, Nov 1941, photo 1 of 2 | Atlanta underway during her trials, Nov 1941, photo 2 of 2 |
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| Atlanta running trials off Rockland, Maine, United States, 26 Nov 1941 | USS Atlanta's commissioning ceremony, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, 24 Dec 1941 | Atlanta in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, May 1942 | USS Saratoga (left), USS Atlanta (right), and other warships off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 21 Aug 1942 |
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| Light cruiser USS Atlanta coming alongside heavy cruiser USS San Francisco for refueling, 16 Oct 1942. Note Atlanta's main forward batteries of three turrets of twin 5-inch/38 guns. | Light cruiser Atlanta at Espiritu Santo, 25 Oct 1942 |
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